We are not THAT picky. Colors are a great invention, but we wont say no just because its black and white XD
Importance of Color
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 05:31
#3
darth_clone19
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 06:01
#4
Quality is important, color not so much. :P
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 19:20
#5
you're actually intending to have it published?
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 20:02
#6
carnatic wrote:
you're actually intending to have it published?
Just through lulu.com. Nothing that would involve any overhead for me beyond the artwork.
Sat, 01/17/2009 - 21:54
#7
Colour can be extremely important since it can add realisme and more life to the art, so I d say it CAN be important because it all depends on what you want the attention to be focused on, thus if the colouring isn t very good and can compromize the line work... perhaps you ll want to settle with BnW.
Sun, 01/18/2009 - 21:40
#8
Inflate123
Just an artistic choice, really. If this particular project is better served in grayscale, then there's certainly nothing wrong with that.
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 01:47
#9
There in the Image Gallery is the Champagne Moon Gallery with black and white drawings that are very impressive despite being black and white. Monochrome is fine for me.
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 23:06
#10
oh2bpreg
Illustrations for a novel: B&W
Graphics on the net: Color
Thu, 01/22/2009 - 00:40
#11
Color doesn't really matter. However, in some situation (and artistically speaking) color can add emphasize and mood to a picture. So, a nice balance you can do is a gray-scale styling, where its black and white, but with shading involved.
Sat, 01/24/2009 - 00:04
#12
Lol, colour is very important.
But, the thing is that it all depends on the quality of the inked or pencil rendered art work.
If the panel it self works without colour, which means that generally it s strongly textured, had a complicated background colour would dull up, or has a lot of contrast because of a game with shades the artist would want to have going on, then colour dosen t need to be there or could even hide details of the line work.( it s an other story with paint.)
It all depends if colour is gonna make your images look more natural, add more detail or look more alive, that s for you to judge
So, just look at your general panels or drawings:
if they have beautiful elements, interesting contrasts that colour would hide and make uninteresting; no need for colour.
If the drawings or line work, is soft/thin seams motionless because of a lack of emotion through colour, (for example; red and orange makes the scene more vivid, opposed to blue and gray for a chilling atmosphere) then colour is necessary.
Thu, 04/02/2009 - 23:15
#13
Personally, i cant like a piece of artwork without color.
Wed, 08/12/2009 - 18:37
#14
I would recommend not using colours (howls of horror) unless you really want to spend ages on each picture - or alternatively would rather settle for worse pics.
I always do mine in line drawings. It really helps you emphasise the quality of the piece - curves, etc, and IMO colours take away from that. Trust me, line drawings can be really sexy if you make the lines very well defined.
However, if you're doing clothing, it's a bit harder - unless you're doing form-fitting stuff (catsuits and the like), in which case it is IDEAL. Just make sure you do the reflective bits as well.
Of course, it's your choice. I'm just giving you my POV. :D
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 09:29
#15
Abraxa
It depends... Color can be wonderful when used right and add a whole new dimension to the images presented. Then again you can also have instances where the colors detract from the work and just muddle up the image.
On the flip side, black and white art can be really striking when done well... especially when you have nice striking balances of darks and lights in the image, I can really enjoy black and white stuff more than color at times. There's always stuff in black and white that looks unfinished and unbalanced without color though.
DisruptedOriginal is right though, adding color into comics and images is a very time consuming thing. If you have a lot of time and are willing to do a good job with it, go ahead... but if you're likely to skimp on the color... time and energy spent on a good black and white job is usually the more preferable route.
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 09:55
#16
Last time I checked we live in a world of color, paying that extra few bucks for color is usually worth it in the end and can make a drawing go from eh to fucking amazing. at least in my experience
Tue, 09/14/2010 - 08:48
#17
I definitely prefer color; it makes the image more realistic. Anyway there are also some great black and white images.
Hi,
I have outlined a fairly ambitious inflation adventure, and have managed to save up enough to hire an artist with ALMOST enough experience to pull it off (I think like another month's practice and he'll be perfect)
But the thing of it is, to make this more affordable, I was hoping to get it in black and white. Not just a lineart: it'd have full shading, but apparently printing off color copies would be so much more expensive as to be untenable.